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Lockerbie bomber sent home to Libya to die
Reuters ^
| 8-20-09
| Ian Mackenzie and Daniel Fineren
Posted on 08/20/2009 10:42:10 AM PDT by Justaham
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people flew home on Thursday after Scottish authorities released him because he is dying of cancer.
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, believed to have less than three months to live, was freed on compassionate grounds, a decision strongly criticized by the United States, which had campaigned to keep him in prison. Many of the victims were Americans.
"He is a dying man, he is terminally ill," Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill told a news conference. "My decision is that he returns home to die."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: almegrahi; globaljihad; libya; lockerbie; panamflight103; scotland; terrortrials
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:42:10 AM PDT
by
Justaham
To: Justaham
not surprising. The Scots are extreme lefties.
To: Justaham
He’ll just be in a waiting room before he’s called to the Highest court ... and his jury will be those murdered victims ....
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:43:55 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: Justaham
He should have been sent to Lockerbie
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:45:08 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: Justaham
Or at least they will claim he’s dead.
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:45:55 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Justaham
Or at least they will claim he’s dead.
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:45:56 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Justaham
Maybe they have a better health care system in Libya?
To: Justaham
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:46:26 AM PDT
by
angkor
(The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
To: Justaham
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:46:33 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Justaham
I don't think the Scots portrayed by Mel would have let this terrorist survive ... more than a few seconds!
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posted on
08/20/2009 10:54:22 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
All the good Scots left and settled in the SW USA.
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posted on
08/20/2009 11:06:38 AM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
Sure, bring the Gitmo prisoners to Michigan. What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
08/20/2009 11:11:27 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Justaham
Maybe he’ll die by strapping on a suicide vest. What the hell are those idiots thinking?
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posted on
08/20/2009 11:12:17 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: Spok
That was my first thought too - he’ll take a bunch of other people with him when he goes and the blood will be on the heads of these idiots who let him go.
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posted on
08/20/2009 11:24:40 AM PDT
by
Bookwoman
("...and I am unanimous in this..")
To: from occupied ga
I'd be OK with releasing him near Lockerbie.
Same latitude.
Same longitude.
Same altitude.
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posted on
08/20/2009 11:59:58 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Inside every father is a Bryan Mills waiting to get out.)
To: magslinger
I was thinking of letting the people of Lockerbie take care of him in his final days. The garden hose catheter, etc.
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posted on
08/20/2009 12:11:12 PM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: Spok
Maybe he'll die by strapping on a suicide vest. What the hell are those idiots thinking? _______________________________________________________ Exactly! The problem is there’s too many idiots thinking and not enough people with brains making these decisions.
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posted on
08/20/2009 12:18:13 PM PDT
by
Rickcbw
To: Justaham
Why not send him home in a body bag after he has died? That’s more than could be done for some of his victims.
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posted on
08/20/2009 12:18:41 PM PDT
by
texgal
(end no-fault divorce laws return DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION to ALL citizens))
To: texgal
Maybe he will suffer an extremely painful death. I don’t wish that on anyone, karma and all.
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posted on
08/20/2009 12:25:34 PM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet!)
To: from occupied ga
Oh! You mean the reception before they release him.
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posted on
08/20/2009 1:00:15 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(Inside every father is a Bryan Mills waiting to get out.)
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